- Khedafi Djelkhir
Khedafi Djelkhir, or sometimes Khesafi Djelkhir, (born
26 October 1983 inBesançon ) is a Frenchfeatherweight amateur boxer who qualified for the 2008 Summer Olympics and won a silver medal at the 2004 European Championships.Career
Djelkhir won a silver medal at featherweight at the
2004 European Amateur Boxing Championships inPula, Croatia losing toVitali Tajbert .He participated in the 2004 Summer Olympics. There he was defeated in the second round of the featherweight (57 kg) division again by Germany's eventual bronze medalist
Vitali Tajbert .He qualified for the Olympics 2008 by beating English boxer Stephen Smith in the
semi final of a European qualifying tournament.At the Olympics he reached the finals where he lost to Ukrainian southpawVasyl Lomachenko .Olympic results
2004 (as a featherweight)
*DefeatedSaifeddine Nejmaoui (Tunisia) 38-13
*Lost toVitali Tajbert (Germany) 26-402008 (as a featherweight)
*DefeatedPaul Fleming (Australia) 13-9
*DefeatedRaynell Williams (United States) 9-7
*DefeatedArturo Santos Reyes (Mexico) 14-9
*DefeatedShahin Imranov (Azerbaijan) Retired at the end of the 1st round with an arm injury, with Imranov leading 5-2.World amateur championships results
2005 (as a featherweight)
*Lost toMehrullah Lassi (Pakistan) 12-382007 (as a featherweight)
*Lost toRaynell Williams (United States) 18-28External links
* [http://sports.yahoo.com/olympics/athens2004/fra/Khedafi+Djelkhir/1721354 Yahoo! Sports]
* [http://www.amateur-boxing.strefa.pl/Championships/EuroOlyQual2008_1.html Olympic qualifier]
* [http://www.aiba.org/documents/site1/Olympics/Qualifying%20Events/Europe%201/Scoring%20Sheets/Draw%20Sheet%2057kg.pdf AIBA results for Olympic qualification] .
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